diff --git a/.chloggen/splunkhecreceiver-add-time-param.yaml b/.chloggen/splunkhecreceiver-add-time-param.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f778604ec4da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/splunkhecreceiver-add-time-param.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: splunkhecreceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Update splunk hec receiver to extract time query parameter if it is provided
+
+# Mandatory: One or more tracking issues related to the change. You can use the PR number here if no issue exists.
+issues: [27006]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# If your change doesn't affect end users or the exported elements of any package,
+# you should instead start your pull request title with [chore] or use the "Skip Changelog" label.
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: [api]
diff --git a/receiver/splunkhecreceiver/splunk_to_logdata.go b/receiver/splunkhecreceiver/splunk_to_logdata.go
index b78fb910e6cc..0e06dc023822 100644
--- a/receiver/splunkhecreceiver/splunk_to_logdata.go
+++ b/receiver/splunkhecreceiver/splunk_to_logdata.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"sort"
+	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/plog"
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ const (
 	source     = "source"
 	sourcetype = "sourcetype"
 	host       = "host"
+	queryTime  = "time"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -79,6 +82,14 @@ func splunkHecToLogData(logger *zap.Logger, events []*splunk.Event, resourceCust
 func splunkHecRawToLogData(bodyReader io.Reader, query url.Values, resourceCustomizer func(pcommon.Resource), config *Config) (plog.Logs, int, error) {
 	ld := plog.NewLogs()
 	rl := ld.ResourceLogs().AppendEmpty()
+
+	var timestamp pcommon.Timestamp
+	if query.Has(queryTime) {
+		if t, err := strconv.ParseInt(query.Get(queryTime), 10, 64); err == nil {
+			timestamp = pcommon.NewTimestampFromTime(time.Unix(t, 0))
+		}
+	}
+
 	appendSplunkMetadata(rl, config.HecToOtelAttrs, query.Get(host), query.Get(source), query.Get(sourcetype), query.Get(index))
 	if resourceCustomizer != nil {
 		resourceCustomizer(rl.Resource())
@@ -91,12 +102,14 @@ func splunkHecRawToLogData(bodyReader io.Reader, query url.Values, resourceCusto
 		}
 		logRecord := sl.LogRecords().AppendEmpty()
 		logRecord.Body().SetStr(string(b))
+		logRecord.SetTimestamp(timestamp)
 	} else {
 		sc := bufio.NewScanner(bodyReader)
 		for sc.Scan() {
 			logRecord := sl.LogRecords().AppendEmpty()
 			logLine := sc.Text()
 			logRecord.Body().SetStr(logLine)
+			logRecord.SetTimestamp(timestamp)
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/receiver/splunkhecreceiver/splunk_to_logdata_test.go b/receiver/splunkhecreceiver/splunk_to_logdata_test.go
index 8e81cc7d176a..f3b99ac76a52 100644
--- a/receiver/splunkhecreceiver/splunk_to_logdata_test.go
+++ b/receiver/splunkhecreceiver/splunk_to_logdata_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -369,6 +370,7 @@ func Test_SplunkHecRawToLogData(t *testing.T) {
 				m[sourcetype] = k
 				m[source] = k
 				m[index] = k
+				m[queryTime] = []string{"1695146885"}
 				return m
 			}(),
 			assertResource: func(t *testing.T, got plog.Logs, slLen int) {
@@ -395,6 +397,7 @@ func Test_SplunkHecRawToLogData(t *testing.T) {
 				} else {
 					assert.Fail(t, "index is not added to attributes")
 				}
+				assert.Equal(t, time.Unix(1695146885, 0).Unix(), got.ResourceLogs().At(0).ScopeLogs().At(0).LogRecords().At(0).Timestamp().AsTime().Unix())
 			},
 			config: hecConfig,
 		},
@@ -425,6 +428,7 @@ func Test_SplunkHecRawToLogData(t *testing.T) {
 				} else {
 					assert.Fail(t, "sourcetype is not added to attributes")
 				}
+				assert.Equal(t, time.Unix(0, 0).Unix(), got.ResourceLogs().At(0).ScopeLogs().At(0).LogRecords().At(0).Timestamp().AsTime().Unix())
 			},
 			config: hecConfig,
 		},
@@ -435,10 +439,13 @@ func Test_SplunkHecRawToLogData(t *testing.T) {
 				return reader
 			}(),
 			query: func() map[string][]string {
-				return map[string][]string{}
+				m := make(map[string][]string)
+				m[queryTime] = []string{"1695146885"}
+				return m
 			}(),
 			assertResource: func(t *testing.T, got plog.Logs, slLen int) {
 				assert.Equal(t, 1, got.LogRecordCount())
+				assert.Equal(t, time.Unix(1695146885, 0).Unix(), got.ResourceLogs().At(0).ScopeLogs().At(0).LogRecords().At(0).Timestamp().AsTime().Unix())
 			},
 			config: func() *Config {
 				return &Config{